Sunday October 01, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

SEMINAR

Media, NGOs blame each other for sensationalism

The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the media blamed each other Saturday for sensationalizing abuses related to women, youth and children, at a panel discussion organised by a rights based NGO, Rozan. During the discussion, "Media portrayal of women, youth and children issues," representative of NGOs held that majority media houses, including print and electronic created sensationalism in its content, thus making the victims more vulnerable.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=61678&
catid=17&date=10/01/2006&fcatid=14

RADIO SECTOR

FM LISTENING: Modern enlightenment of FM channels

'Modern enlightenment' is today's trendy policy. Its best example is reflected in our media. There was once a time when the entire family could sit together and watch television. But with the emergence of private TV channels, things have changed.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=61675&
catid=17&date=10/01/2006&fcatid=14

FM LISTENING: Hum FM 106.2 shoots to fame

Hum FM 106.2 has gained a chunk of FM listeners in a short period of time. The channel was launched in January 2006 and after four months of test transmission it became a partner of the FM hierarchy in June 2006. The channel broadcasts 24 hours transmission, however, the queue sheet of the Hum FM 106.2 mostly does not contain any programme entry and the gap is filled with back to back music.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_CityNews.aspx?dtlid=61707&
catid=3&date=10/01/2006&fcatid=14

ACTIVITIES IN MEDIA

“ AMF announces journalism fellowships on HRs”

Asia media Forum, a network of journalists from across Asia, has announced journalism fellowships for self-motivated working journalists aspiring to improve their coverage of human rights. The closing date for submission of applications is October 25, 2006 ….. The News, Page-4

“Press Club Brekot (NWFP) met: Foolproof security arrangements demanded for journalists”, Daily Aaj, Peshawar, Page-4

ARTICLE:

Deadlines

In the line of duty, it is becoming extremely hazardous for some to write what they see

By Asha'ar Rehman

For long, the news from the district has come stained in blood. Journalists have been kidnapped from Larkana and they have fallen to 'unknown' assassins while struggling to write their copies in the line of duty in Wana and other parts of the tribal areas. Indeed, some areas like South Waziristan have been declared out of bounds for them and they have to be content with sending despatches sitting at a distance from the scene of the occurrence. But quite often it is when the 'muzzlers' grab the journalists in big cities like Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore that the danger is felt at its strongest, and written about.

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2006-weekly/nos-01-10-2006/dia.htm#4

Television's wet dream

Ad nausea: An unchallenged reality?

One look at a majority of nation's many TV channels and the first word that comes to mind is 'desperation'.

24 hour networks and not enough software to fill the hours. Not enough software because there aren't enough actors, hosts, directors, producers, singers, et al. But the show must go on. Must keep running the channels to accommodate the zillions of ads folks from these organizations' hungry marketing departments scamper out to get.

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2006-weekly/nos-01-10-2006/instep.htm#6

Waiting for a miracle

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

White House reporters are arguably the least likely of the world's many journalists to be caught unawares by the comments of any head of state given that they come across so many world leaders on an almost daily basis. So it is no small matter when members of the White House press corps expressed collective disbelief at the manner in which General Pervez Musharraf responded to questions about the alleged threat issued to him five years ago by then Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. In a nutshell, Musharraf said that he could not disclose exactly what he had been told by Armitage all those years ago because he was bound by a copyright obligation to the publishers of his new book, due to be released in early October.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=9

COMPILED by: Sajid Gondal, Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan (www.internews.org.pk)

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